Trees and shrubs

Colorful to the point of being flamboyant, Japanese maple is a very beautiful shrub thanks to the color and delicate shape of its leaves.

Datura, also called “devil’s trumpet” for its magnificent inflorescence, is a very interesting and ornamental shrub.

Berberis is a defensive hedge of great value, especially thanks to its blooming.

Rose of Sharon, sometimes hyphenated to Rose-of-Sharon, is a delightful summer-blooming garden shrub.

Camellia sasanqua is a small shrub with simple flowers that blossoms from fall into the heart of winter.

Hawthorn is a shrub often used for defensive hedges, and it is also very ornamental.

The Japanese cherry tree is without a doubt among the most beautiful spring-blooming trees.

Niwaki – this is the Japanese word for cloud pruning. It’s the act of trimming trees into cloud shapes. An ancestral, elaborate art, this cloud pruning technique was developed to create symbolic spaces,

Even though your bamboo has been properly settled in the garden for years already, you must stay alert. The need to control invasive bamboo is a constant endeavor! Bamboo growth must be constrained if you don’t want your garden to turn into an impenetrable jungle.

Heath plants love acidic, cool and well-drained soil. Planting is an important phase in the life of a plant.

Gorse is a fantastic shrub with abundant bright yellow spring blooming.

Anisodontea, or Cape mallow, is a beautiful shrub that bloom in spring. It deserves a prominent spot in gardens or balconies and terraces.

Buddleia is a shrub that exhibits beautiful bunches of flowers that butterflies delight in.

Barberry is an original shrub very much appreciated for its foliage, defensive properties and blooming.

The strawberry tree is a remarkable shrub thanks to its fruits and cute berries that are shaped like strawberries.

Bamboo is a beautiful modern evergreen shrub, but if unchecked, it may spread uncontrollably.

Common laurel is a shrub evergreen that is often shaped to form hedges.

Glossy abelia is a beautiful shrub that offers cute blooming over the summer.

Chimonanthus, commonly called wintersweet, is one of the most beautiful shrubs to bloom in winter.

Flowering currant bears magnificent blooms in spring.

Weigela is a magnificent shrub that blooms in spring, to set up as part of a hedge or as a standalone.

Witch-hazel is a dazzling shrub that blooms in winter, as early as January.

Don’t let your garden turn all drab in in winter! Make it evolve into a space that is appealing all year long by planting trees with highly ornamental bark.

Oak is one of the most common trees and the most majestic when it grows to great height.

Ceanothus is a tallish shrub that brings bees and butterflies to the garden in spring thanks

Mahonia is a simply beautiful shrub during winter.

Even though they aren’t very many, winter blooming shrubs are often among the most amazing. They are unique in that they bloom when all the other plants are at rest.

Dwarf yaupon holly is a special variety of holly. Its leaves aren’t as prickly

Camellias are among the most beautiful flower shrubs thanks to their magnificent blooming season, either in fall or in spring.

The mulberry tree is a beautiful tree, both for the leaves themselves and for the cool shade they dispense in summer.

Hedges protect us from prying eyes, create intimacy, break the wind and protect our gardens. Flowered hedges boast many advantages and can even become truly ornamental.

The Mexican orange tree is a marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent little white flowers that smother the entire shrub.

Choisya ternata is a marvelous flower shrub at the beginning of spring with its magnificent small, white and fragrant flowers.

American black elder is a beautiful flower shrub noted for its edible fruits that are a boon to our bird friends.

Exochorda is one of the most spectacular flower shrubs thanks to its abundant white spring blooming.

Pernettya is a nice evergreen shrub that is remarkable in fall with its distinctive and elegant berries.

When should a hedge be trimmed, what is the right timing, and how should one go about it best?

‘Aztec Pearl’ Choisya ternata is a Mexican orange tree variety that is very interesting for its spring green foliage, but more so because it blooms 3 times a year.

Choisya ternata White Dazzler does exactly what it sounds like – bedazzling fragrant white blooms bursting forth in

Photinia stand out with their scarlet and red-colored leaves.

Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ is is a true marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent small white flowers and its superior golden yellow foliage.

Lilac blooms and shares its fragrance right at the beginning of spring, which makes it one of the most beautiful flower shrubs.

Ornamental cherry trees, also called Japanese cherry trees or Prunus, are very beautiful ornamental trees.

Cotoneaster is a very beautiful shrub, especially appreciated for its berries.

Mimosa is one of the most beautiful winter-flowering shrubs, renowned for its exceptional bright gold yellow flowering.

Skimmia are beautiful shrubs that are as attractive in winter as they are in the spring.

They catch the eye along streets and in parks and gardens. Learn how to recognize these five very common flower trees.

Common yew is know as a wonderful hedge conifer.

Magnolias are among the most beautiful spring-blooming trees.

Brugmansia, also called “Angel’s Trumpets” for the magnificent flowers shaped like trumpets, is a very interesting and ornamental shrub.

Callicarpa or candy tree is a beautiful shrub that grows fine in the ground and in a pot.